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Committee clears bill classifying pocket 'mini' motorcycles as motorcycles; removes parental criminal liability and requires parent notification
Summary
HB 561 was amended and passed unanimously. The bill treats small pocket motorcycles as motorcycles to give officers enforcement tools; Amendment 1 requires officers to notify parents, and Amendment 2 removes proposed criminal liability for parents.
Representative Ashley Matthews presented HB 561 as a clarified, narrower version of a prior bill, saying the goal is to treat mini motorcycles and similar pocket bikes as motorcycles so law enforcement can apply existing tools and enforcement mechanisms. She noted prior drafts inadvertently swept in ebikes and scooters and that the current version is intended to be more precise.
Detective Angie Oldham of Unified Police (Kearns) testified about public-safety incidents involving groups of pocket-bike riders who post videos of fleeing officers, perform burnouts that damage parks and school grounds, and have…
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